Sammies nominee spearheaded US Zika response, established pregnancy hotline
Margaret Honein, director of the Division of Congenital and Developmental Disorders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, led teams that created a...
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When the Zika virus hit the United States in 2015 it caused birth defects and widespread alarm. My next guest spearheaded the U.S. response. She led teams that created a tracking system, figured out the virus transmission mechanism and set up a pregnancy hotline. Margaret Honein is an epidemiologist and director of the Division of Congenital and Developmental Disorders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is also a finalist in this year’s Service to America Medals program, and she joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more.
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